Speech - Why protect nature? (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) European Commission Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Environment Why protect nature? Dinaric Arc Conference Montenegro, 2 December 2013 Ladies and gentlemen, It is...
View Article...Two teams fan out to protect rhinos A STAFF REPORTER A rhino at Kaziranga...
Jorhat, Dec. 1: Two armed teams of forest staff, including guards from Kaziranga National Park, are working round the clock to find two rhinos that strayed out of the park around six days ago. Moving...
View ArticleAfrica’s elephants threatened by killings: report
JOHANNESBURG — As many as 20 percent of Africa’s elephants could be killed in the next 10 years if illegal poaching continues at the current rate, according to new data released Monday at the opening...
View ArticleAfrican elephant numbers 'could fall by one-fifth' due to poaching
The scale of the elephant poaching epidemic could lead to local populations becoming extinct, an IUCN report says African elephants in Amboseli national park, Kenya. Photograph: Zhang Weiyi/Xinhua...
View ArticleAfrica Risks Losing 20% of Elephants in 10 Years: Study
By Agence France-Presse on 8:41 pm December 2, 2013. Category Environment, International, World Tags: Africa, animal conservation, elephants, wildlife A male elephant wanders on the grasslands of Ol...
View ArticleAfrica’s elephants ‘facing critical situation’
Johannesburg - As many as 20 percent of Africa's elephants could be killed in the next 10 years if illegal poaching continues at the current rate, according to new data released on Monday at the...
View ArticleElephants ‘facing critical situation’
Johannesburg - As many as 20 percent of Africa's elephants could be killed in the next 10 years if illegal poaching continues at the current rate, according to new data released on Monday at the...
View ArticleAfrica’s elephants under threat
Johannesburg - As many as 20 percent of Africa's elephants could be killed in the next 10 years if illegal poaching continues at the current rate, according to new data released Monday at the opening...
View ArticleElephant poaching remains alarmingly high despite modest decline (WWF - World...
(Source: WWF - World Wildlife Fund) Elephant poaching remains alarmingly high despite modest decline Although the number of African elephants killed for their tusks declined slightly last year after...
View ArticleAfrica's elephants threatened by killings: report
As many as 20 percent of Africa's elephants could be killed in the next 10 years if illegal poaching continues at the current rate, according to new data released Monday at the opening of the Elephant...
View ArticleElephant Poaching Could Wipe Out 20 Percent Of African Population In Next...
ASSOCIATED PRESS In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013 photo, a herd of African elephants gather during the dry season in Serengeti National Park, 335 kilometers (208 miles) north of Arusha, Tanzania.(AP...
View ArticleNEW FIGURES REVEAL POACHING FOR THE ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE (Government of Botswana)
(Source: Government of Botswana) NEW FIGURES REVEAL POACHING FOR THE ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE 02/12/13 "With an estimated 22,000 African Elephants illegally killed in 2012, we continue to face a critical...
View ArticleElephant poaching remains alarmingly high despite modest decline (WWF Canada)
(Source: WWF Canada) Elephant poaching remains alarmingly high despite modest decline Posted on 02 December 2013| 1 December 2013 - Although the number of African elephants killed for their tusks...
View Article'Africa's elephants threatened by killings'
--> An estimated 22,000 elephants were illegally killed across Africa in 2012, slightly lower than the 25,000 elephants poached in 2011, according to a report by the Convention on International...
View ArticleTrading in death ‘for a fast buck’: Heathrow ivory seizures hit record
Border officials are making record seizures, the vast majority taken from newly slaughtered African elephants. Often disguised as African handicrafts, the contraband is being smuggled in small packages...
View ArticleTagged Amur Falcons reach South Africa
GUWAHATI: Pangti is now in Tanzania, Naga is whiling away time in Kenya's Tsavo National Park and Wokha has crossed Somalia and on Friday entered Kenya. These are the three Amur Falcons fitted with...
View ArticleSatellite-tagged Amur Falcons reach S Africa
GUWAHATI: Pangti is now in Tanzania, Naga is whiling away time in Kenya's Tsavo National Park and Wokha has crossed Somalia and on Friday entered Kenya. These are the three Amur Falcons fitted with...
View ArticleNew EU support to reduce illegal killing of elephants and other endangered...
(Source: European Commission) European Commission Press release Brussels, 3 December 2013 New EU support to reduce illegal killing of elephants and other endangered species in developing countries...
View ArticleNew Figures Reveal Poaching For The Illegal Ivory Trade
Monday, 2 December 2013, 1:06 pm Press Release: New Figures Reveal Poaching For The Illegal Ivory Trade Could Wipe Out A Fifth Of Africa’s Elephants Over Next Decade Gaborone, Botswana, 2 December...
View ArticleSuspected poacher killed in KNP
Polokwane - A suspected rhino poacher was shot dead by rangers at the Kruger National Park in Limpopo on Saturday morning, SA National Parks (SANParks) said. “Shortly...
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